Newcastle conwoman jailed

A serial conwoman from Newcastle, jailed for fleecing men she met on the internet is to be sentenced after admitting a string of fraud charges.Emma Golightly, 25, was jailed in 2007 for two years for plundering the bank accounts of men she met through lonely hearts ads.Now using the new surname of Charlton, Golightly, of Meadowfield Gardens in Walkerville, is facing prison after pleading guilty to a total of 20 charges.

A serial conwoman from Newcastle, jailed for fleecing men she met on the internet is to be sentenced after admitting a string of fraud charges.

Emma Golightly, 25, was jailed in 2007 for two years for plundering the bank accounts of men she met through lonely hearts ads.

Now using the new surname of Charlton, Golightly, of Meadowfield Gardens in Walkerville, is facing prison after pleading guilty to a total of 20 charges. She admitted attempting to fleece her grandmother and fiance out of £150,000.

Golightly also pleaded guilty to falsely claiming she had terminal cancer in a bid to obtain the services of a carer.

She used her grandmother’s chequebook to obtain goods worth £126,000. The money was spent on organising a charity fashion show using models with cancer at the Hilton Hotel in Gateshead, which never took place.

She also used £10,000 for a wedding booking and gave friends £50,000 for a house deposit. Golightly bought various gifts for her fiance with the cash.

She also admitted making an online loan application with Alliance and Leicester in her fiance’s name to obtain £8,000 and of using his chequebook to buy £28,000 of goods.

Also she conned people into thinking she had terminal cancer to obtain the services of a carer for two days a week. Golightly will be sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court.